Helter Skelter (Lennon/McCartney) Intro: -|-----0--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------- -|--12\3--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the -|-----0--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------- -|-----2--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- slide, where I stop and I turn and I go for a G -|-----0--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------- -|-----1--(repeat)--------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|-------------------------------------------------5--5--6--6-------- -|-------------------------------------------------3--3--3--3-------- ride, till I get to the bottom and I see you again. E -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|--5--5--6---------6------2--2--2--2--33\2--2--2--2----------------- -|--3--3--3---------3------0--0--0--0--11\0--0--0--0----------------- Yeah yeah yeah! Verse: E Well do you don't you want me to make you I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you G Tell me tell me tell me come on tell me the answer A E Well you may be a lover but you ain't no dancer. Chorus: A -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|----------2---2---4---4--5--4--2----------------------------------- -|----------0---0---0---0-----------5--44--2--0---------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, Helter Skelter E -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|---2---2---4---4--5--4--2------------------------------------------ -|---0---0---0---0-----------5--4--2--0------------------------------ Helter skelter A E -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|---------------------------------------------5b(7)--3--5----------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|---2---2---4---4--5--4--2------------------------------------------ -|---0---0---0---0-----------5--4--2--0------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------- Helter skelter Yeah So much for verses and choruses. The rest are pretty much the same, except that the rest of the verses hit the G chord a little sooner (at the beginning of the third line of the verse). Here's the guitar solo in the middle: E A E -|----------------------7--7--15b(17)--115b(17)--b(17)15------------- -|----------------------0--0----------------------------------------- -|----------------------9--9----------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Cos here she comes A E -|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -|--b(17)15b(17)15---------------13b(14))------------------b(17)15----------- -|------------------b(14)12----------------b(14)12b(14)12-----------12------- -|---------------------------14-----------------------------------------14~-- -|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Later, there's a neat riff in one of the last verses. I think it comes right after "will you won't you want me to make you" or something like that. This is a cool riff with that looonnnng slide. -|--12--15b(17)--b(17)15--12------12----------------------------------------- -|----------------------------15------155\10-----10b(12)--b(12)10--8--------- -|--------------------------------------------9-----------------------7--9--- -|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- As the song fades into the first ending, there are some nice bend releases, while the lyrics repeat "coming down fast": -|--b(17)15------------------------------------------------------------- -|-----------b(17)15---------------------------------------------------- -|--------------------b(16)14------------------------------------------- -|-----------------------------b(14)12---------------------------------- -|---------------------------------------b(14)12------------------------ -|---------------------------------------------------------------------- Later, there's a whole lot of Hendrix-like guitar noise. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tab Special Notations: ----0---- play the open string ('fret zzero') ----5---- play fret five ----5~--- play fret five with vibrato ---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to ffret seven ---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down tto fret five --7\5/7-- play fret seven, slide down tto fret five, slide back up --8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the strring (at fret eight) to reach the pitch of fret nine --b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine, unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight ----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven ----p5--- pull-off to fret five ---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the startting fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear) ---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (thee ending fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear) ---0h3--- play the open string and immeediately hammer-on to fret three ---7p5--- play fret seven and immediateely pull-off to fret five